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Mr446: Profiles Of Sixteen Eastern Maine Fishing Communities, Teresa R. Johnson, Kevin Athearn, Sara Randall, Marina Garland, Katelyn Ross, Ken Cline, Chris Petersen, Robin Alden, Carla Guenther
Mr446: Profiles Of Sixteen Eastern Maine Fishing Communities, Teresa R. Johnson, Kevin Athearn, Sara Randall, Marina Garland, Katelyn Ross, Ken Cline, Chris Petersen, Robin Alden, Carla Guenther
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In the United States, a number of legal mandates require social impact assessments of proposed federal fisheries management and other actions. However, too often there are insufficient data with which to conduct social impact assessments for fisheries management, in part because these data are expensive and time consuming to collect and social science for SIAs is typically underfunded. To address this lack of data, these authors profiled 16 fishing communities in eastern Maine (Vinalhaven, Stonington, Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Bass Harbor, Swan’s Island, Steuben, Winter Harbor, Gouldsboro, Milbridge, Jonesport, Beals, Bucks Harbor, Lubec, and Eastport), focusing on the …
Mr443: Maine Coastal Islands Visitor Survey 2006--Deer Isle/Stonington Region, Andres J. Ednie, John J. Daigle
Mr443: Maine Coastal Islands Visitor Survey 2006--Deer Isle/Stonington Region, Andres J. Ednie, John J. Daigle
Miscellaneous Reports
This research was designed to help the Maine Island Trail Association and others interested in the management of the Maine’s coastal islands. This report presents results from an island-monitoring program in which we inventoried social conditions on a subset of the public islands on the Maine Island Trail. This research was designed to build on the ecological inventory developed by the task force and to help MITA and other groups to manage the islands by determining characteristics of the Maine island visit, including activities, use patterns, method of travel, length of stay; determining characteristics of the visitors, including types of …
Mr442: Business Climate For Maine's Environmental And Energy Technology Sector, Caroline L. Noblet, Todd M. Gabe
Mr442: Business Climate For Maine's Environmental And Energy Technology Sector, Caroline L. Noblet, Todd M. Gabe
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This report presents findings from a survey that concentrated on issues pertaining to Maine’s business climate for the environmental and energy technology sector. The Environmental and Energy Technology (E2Tech) Council of Maine commissioned the survey, with support from the Maine Technology Institute’s Cluster Enhancement Award. The survey, conducted during the summer of 2006, collected information on the factors believed to affect the business climate for Maine’s environmental and energy technology sector, including availability of external investment, skilled workforce, collaboration among firms and in-state partners. Information on state characteristics (e.g., taxes, state/local government support, location relative to key inputs) that may …
Mr436: Allagash Wilderness Waterway Vistor Survey 2003, John J. Daigle
Mr436: Allagash Wilderness Waterway Vistor Survey 2003, John J. Daigle
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During the spring, summer, and fall seasons of 2003, visitors to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway were asked to participate in a user survey. The user survey was designed to elicit information from respondents on a variety of variables to determine characteristics of the visit, including activities, method of travel on the waterway, length of stay, camping conditions encountered, and to determine visitor preferences, including satisfactions with resource and social conditions encountered at campsites and while traveling on the watercourse. Information was collected from visitors using two survey instruments: a short visitor survey card and a more extensive mail-back questionnaire. A …
Mr434: Designing Effective Environmental Labels For Passenger Vehicle Sales In Maine: Results Of Focus Group Research, Mario F. Teisl, Jonathan Rubin, Caroline Noblet, Lynn Cayting
Mr434: Designing Effective Environmental Labels For Passenger Vehicle Sales In Maine: Results Of Focus Group Research, Mario F. Teisl, Jonathan Rubin, Caroline Noblet, Lynn Cayting
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Using consumer focus groups, these researchers examined the use of eco-labeling programs for passenger car sales. The research is designed to provide policy makers and stakeholder groups some guidance in developing effective eco-information programs.
Mr432: The Business Climate For Biotechnology In Maine, Thomas G. Allen, Todd M. Gabe
Mr432: The Business Climate For Biotechnology In Maine, Thomas G. Allen, Todd M. Gabe
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This report presents the findings from a survey of biotechnology firms located in Maine. The purpose of the survey, conducted during the spring of 2003, was to collect information on a variety of issues related to the companies. operations and the state.s business climate for biotechnology. Some of the issues addressed in the survey include the research and development activities of Maine biotechnology companies, partnerships formed within the biotechnology industry, and the companies’ participation in government-sponsored business assistance programs. The survey results present a “snapshot” of the industry in 2002, which can be used to establish a baseline against which …
Mr421: The Effects Of Water Clarity On Economic Values And Economic Impacts Of Recreational Uses Of Maine's Great Ponds, Jennifer F. Schuetz, Kevin Boyle, Roy Bouchard
Mr421: The Effects Of Water Clarity On Economic Values And Economic Impacts Of Recreational Uses Of Maine's Great Ponds, Jennifer F. Schuetz, Kevin Boyle, Roy Bouchard
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No study has been done, in Maine or elsewhere, to examine how different levels of water clarity affect the values people place on lakes they visit for recreation. These are people who do not own property, but use some form of public access for lake recreation such as swimming, boating, and fishing. Specifically, we focus on these peuple, whom we will refer to as "access users," to find out who uses Maine's lakes for recreation and how their use is affected by water clarity. The specific research objectives addressed include the following: (1) Estimate the number of access users. (2) …
Mr420: Designing Effective Environmental Labels For Forest Products: Results Of Focus Group Research, Mario F. Teisl, Felicia Newman, Joann Buono, Melissa Hermann
Mr420: Designing Effective Environmental Labels For Forest Products: Results Of Focus Group Research, Mario F. Teisl, Felicia Newman, Joann Buono, Melissa Hermann
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Using consumer focus groups, these researchers examined the use of environmental seals-of-approval to develop a better understanding of the consumer, product, label, and regulatory-framework characteristics that may affect an eco-labeling policy’s market effectiveness. The authors present 14 recommendations concerning the use of such labels.
Mr418: Farm Property Taxes In Maine, Thomas G. Allen, Kevin J. Boyle
Mr418: Farm Property Taxes In Maine, Thomas G. Allen, Kevin J. Boyle
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The purpose of this report is to look at the effect of property taxes on agriculture in Maine using existing data sources. We investigate four specific issues: (1) whether property taxes on agricultural lands in Maine differ from the property taxes on agricultural lands at a national level; (2) whether property taxes on agricultural lands in Maine differ from the property taxes on land in nonagricultural uses in Maine; (3) whether property taxes have increased as a percentage of production costs for Maine agriculture over the past fifty years; (4) whether property taxes on agricultural lands differ for farms located …
Mr398: Water Quality Affects Property Prices: A Case Study Of Selected Maine Lakes, Holly J. Michael, Kevin J. Boyle, Roy Bouchard
Mr398: Water Quality Affects Property Prices: A Case Study Of Selected Maine Lakes, Holly J. Michael, Kevin J. Boyle, Roy Bouchard
Miscellaneous Reports
Lake-front property owners are potentially the recipients of the greatest economic gains from improved lake-water quality because the benefits of water quality can be capitalized in the price of lake-front properties. These same lake-front owners may also directly affect lake-water quality through the actions they take on their properties. The objective of this study is to estimate the effect of water clarity on lake-front property prices for selected Maine lakes using a hedonic property-price model. Hedonic models are used to estimate the share of property prices that are attributable to characteristics of the properties. The share of a property’s price …